New Mexico

Complete coverage for New Mexico can be found below. (Return to States List)

Information & Analysis

October, 2008

• New Mexico Supreme Court Upholds State Law (10/31/08)
• NM GOP Sued over Investigating Voters (10/28/08)

January, 2008

• NM GOP Sued for Investigating Voters (1/01/08)

February, 2007

• Court Enjoins Albuquerque ID Law (2/13/07)

November, 2006

• NM-1: Results "Final" (11/18/06)
• New Mexico Voter Misdirection Suit (11/15/06)
• NM-1: Counting Should End this Week (11/13/06)

Commentary

2008

• Super Tuesday and Provisional Ballots (2/06/08)

News Wire

Election law news from across the country concerning New Mexico

October, 2012

• Poll challenger training by local GOP draws fire (10/05/12)

February, 2012

• Republicans file federal redistricting appeal (2/14/12)

November, 2011

• New Mexico Governor Rejects Redistricting Trial (11/30/11)

March, 2011

• Common Cause says complaint against guv isn’t partisan attack (3/08/11)

February, 2011

• Bill: Voters must bring picture ID to polls (2/16/11)

October, 2010

• Justice Department, New Mexico Reach Agreement on MOVE Act Enforcement (10/13/10)

September, 2010

• Herrera's staff turmoil started early (9/09/10)

July, 2010

• Ballot secrecy compromised in NM, other states (7/19/10)
• Lawsuit settlement ensures compliance with voter law (7/13/10)
• NM settles lawsuit over voter registration law (7/08/10)

February, 2010

• Same day early-voting clears Senate committee (2/08/10)

January, 2010

• Hamilton ‘not giving up’ on photo ID at the polls (1/29/10)
• Bill would resolve years-old question: Who has to maintain voting machines (1/27/10)

September, 2009

• New Election Law Could Keep Albuquerque Residents Away From The Polls (9/02/09)

August, 2009

• Ex-Sunland Park, NM judge guilty of election fraud (8/15/09)

June, 2009

• Federal judge dismisses NM voter fraud lawsuit (6/10/09)

May, 2009

• New Mexico Libertarian and Green Parties File Ballot Access Case (5/26/09)

April, 2009

• Voting machine service contracts canceled (4/01/09)

March, 2009

• Poll finds support for voter ID (3/05/09)

February, 2009

• House OKs registration, voting on the same day (2/25/09)
• New GOP voter ID measure tabled in the Legislature (2/20/09)
• Teens could serve at polls in NM under House bill (2/19/09)
• Opposition rises against same-day voter registration (2/17/09)
• House panel OK's presidential popular vote bill (2/05/09)

October, 2008

• High court orders law followed on vote-counting (10/31/08)
• GOP Renews Complaints Over Voter Registrations (10/09/08)

September, 2008

• NM sent bad information to voters (9/12/08)

August, 2008

• Editorial: Voting Rules Create Land of Disenchantment (8/01/08)

July, 2008

• Electoral reform law challenged in N.M. (7/27/08)
• Groups sue over New Mexico voter registration law (7/24/08)

Litigation

Active Cases

There are no active cases in New Mexico that Election Law @ Moritz is covering at this time.

Archived Cases

• AAPD v. Herrara (Voter Registration)
• ACLU of New Mexico v. Chavez (Voter ID)
• Democratic Party of New Mexico v. Republican Party of New Mexico (Voter Fraud)
• Garcia v. Fox-Young (Improper Election Communications)
• League of Women Voters of New Mexico v. Herrera (Improper Election Administration)
• Valdez v. Herrera (Voter Registration)

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